Old Route 132 Bridge Painting at Union Village Dam

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District is issuing a set aside for certified small business contractors for the Painting of the Old Route 132 Bridge, located upstream of the Union Village Dam, in East Thetford, Vermont. The NAICS code for the work described below is 238320 (size standard $15.0M). The project is planned to be issued in late September 2016, and will be set aside for Small Businesses. The construction will extend over a one-month period occurring in the spring of 2016. The estimated magnitude of this project is between $250,000 to $500,000. Any responsible source meeting this standard may submit a bid to be considered by the New England District. The location of work to be performed under this contract shall be at the Union Village Dam, located in East Thetford, Vermont. Work components of this project include: Complete a maintenance brush-off blast of all steel members of the bridge, including the deck grating. Apply a stripe coat of Micaceous Iron Oxide Reinforced Zinc-Rich Moisture-Cured Polyurethane paint. Apply two top coats of Micaceous Iron Oxide Reinforced Moisture-Cured Polyurethane, with aluminum, paint. Contractor shall assume that all existing paint contains lead. Please note this solicitation is set aside for certified small businesses. This is not a request for proposals at this time, the solicitation requirements and contract documents to include instructions for submission and the response date will be available on or about October 12, 2016. Neither telephonic, mailed nor faxed requests for hard copies of this solicitation will be accepted. The solicitation will only be available online; in order to download the solicitation offerors must access the Federal Business Opportunities website (www.fbo.gov). All responsible sources may submit a bid which shall be considered by the New England District. Additional questions may be emailed to the Contract Specialist at [email protected]